Catholic Church

Listen to abuse victims, Pope tells cardinals

Pope Leo XIV said the abuse of children and vulnerable adults by priests was still a “wound” in the Catholic Church.

Devotees in Philippines join massive procession for Black Nazarene statue

Around 439,000 people had joined the procession by 8am on the morning of Jan 9.

Spanish Catholic Church to compensate sex abuse victims under agreement with government

Empty pews are seen inside a Catholic church in Madrid, Spain, October 27, 2023.REUTERS/Susana Vera/File Photo

Pope Leo urges kindness to foreigners in closing Catholic Holy Year

Pope Leo closed the Catholic Church’s Holy Year on Jan 6 by sealing shut the special “Holy Door” in St Peter’s Basilica.

Rome welcomed record 33.5 million pilgrims for Catholic Holy Year

Cardinal Baldo Reina closing a Holy Door, as part of the end of the Catholic Jubilee Year, in Rome on Dec 27, 2025.

Indonesia celebrated Christmas with prayers for Sumatra

“The power of Christmas lies not in the festivity of the celebration, but in the courage to share the burdens of those who are hurting,” said Religious Affairs Minister Nasaruddin Umar.

Pope Leo 'disappointed' in Illinois governor over assisted dying law

FILE PHOTO: Pope Leo XIV holds an audience for the Jubilee in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, December 20, 2025. REUTERS/Vincenzo Livieri/File Photo

Pope Leo’s new US bishops are critics of Trump’s migrant crackdown

FILE PHOTO: Pope Leo XIV holds an audience for the Jubilee in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, December 20, 2025. REUTERS/Vincenzo Livieri/File Photo

Pope warns against power struggles in Vatican bureaucracy

Pope Leo was speaking to leaders of the Roman Curia.

Pope Leo urges joyful, welcoming Church in speech to Vatican cardinals

Pope Leo warned officials against “falling into rigidity or ideology” in enforcing Church teachings.

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